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Their core work

Viaderna is a Dutch specialist consultancy (registered under a personal name, indicating a micro-enterprise or sole proprietorship) focused on forensic analysis of printed documents. Their core work is developing automated, non-destructive methods to identify which printing technique — inkjet, laser, offset, and others — was used to produce a document, by analysing the physical substrate without damaging it. This capability directly serves questioned document examiners, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies who need to determine the provenance or authenticity of printed materials such as identity documents, contracts, or intelligence artefacts. Their contribution to the ANDRUPOS project positions them as a technical specialist bridging forensic science and automated image/spectral analysis.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

The two H2020 entries are effectively two phases of a single project: a 2015 feasibility study (SME-1 scheme, no recorded EC funding, participant role) followed by a full Innovation Action in 2017–2019 (EUR 240,730, coordinator role). The absence of keywords in the early phase and their appearance only in the later phase reflects the natural progression from exploratory concept to a defined, deployable methodology. There is no evidence of a pivot or broadening of scope — the organisation went deeper into the same problem rather than expanding into adjacent areas.

From a single completed two-phase project with no subsequent H2020 activity after 2019, the trajectory is unclear — they either commercialised the ANDRUPOS tool independently or reduced EU project activity after delivering the Innovation Action.

How they like to work

Viaderna led the main funded phase of ANDRUPOS as coordinator, working within an unusually small consortium of just 3 unique partners across 2 countries — consistent with a highly specialised niche where very few organisations hold the relevant expertise. They are not a hub that aggregates many partners; they appear to operate as the technical lead of a tightly scoped, purpose-built team. This suggests a working style suited to focused, expert-to-expert collaboration rather than large multi-stakeholder programmes.

Viaderna's H2020 network is minimal — 3 unique consortium partners across 2 countries, all concentrated in the same ANDRUPOS project. No evidence of repeat partners or wider network diversification within the H2020 programme.

What sets them apart

Viaderna occupies an unusually narrow and technically demanding niche: automated, non-destructive identification of printing techniques specifically for forensic and intelligence applications — a problem that sits at the intersection of materials science, optical analysis, and forensic document examination. Very few private companies specialise at this exact intersection, making them a rare technical resource for consortia building tools for law enforcement, border agencies, or intelligence services. Their transition from feasibility participant to project coordinator on ANDRUPOS demonstrates that they hold enough domain authority to lead the scientific and technical direction, not merely contribute to it.

Highlights from their portfolio

• ANDRUPOS
  The 2017–2019 Innovation Action phase, coordinated by Viaderna with EUR 240,730 in EC funding, represents the full development of an automated forensic tool for non-destructive printer identification — their sole but defining contribution to the H2020 programme.
• Andrupos
  The 2015 feasibility study (SME-1 scheme) is notable as the proof-of-concept that unlocked the follow-on Innovation Action, demonstrating a textbook two-phase SME instrument progression.